The Luminous Joan and I are planning our summer Scotland trip....OK, well... *I* am planning the Scotland Trip, and several really cool things are coming together. One that's particularly relevant to X Marks is that I've e-mailed ahead and asked permission to see the Keith Kiltmaking and Textile Center

http://www.kiltsandtextiles.org/

This is the site of the former Keith Kiltmaking School, which closed several years ago. They still offer kiltmaking courses, both short-term and long-term at the Centre, but I believe it's a non-profit, now. Whatever the case, though it quite clearly says that the Centre is **Not Open to The Public** , I have a very nice e-mail from the volunteer coordinator who says to ring her up when I'm in town, and she'll give us a tour and an explanation of what they do.

JAZZED about that!!! I will absolutely take a bucketload of photographs and put them up here at X Marks for you all to drool over.